Epistemic legitimizing strategies, commitment and accountability in discourse

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ID5965613
AuthorsJuana I Marín-Arrese (0000-0002-1007-640X, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume13
Issue6
Pages789-797
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1461445611421360c
OpenAlexW1990112948
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited30

Hart (this issue) offers a biologically based explanation for the use of an ‘epistemic positioning strategy’ aimed by speakers/writers at the legitimization of assertions, at persuading addressees of the veracity of the propositions, as a prior condition for the discursive legitimization of actions. This article focuses on various issues addressed in Hart’s article, among them the degree of commitment invoked in speakers/writers’ choice of epistemic stance expressions as legitimization strategies, as well as the expression of subjectivity/intersubjectivity in discourse and the degree to which this involves responsibility and accountability for the speaker/writer. The article also provides an alternative proposal of the categories identified by Bednarek (2006) for the conceptual domain of evidentiality

Accountability · Discourse analysis · Epistemology · Evidentiality · Intersubjectivity · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Speech act · Subjectivity · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology

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